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Afternoon everyone!

I've got my first stout in primary and I'm due to add (my first ever adjunct) coconut on Friday, looking to bottle Sunday. Roughly following another recipe.

I could only get dessicated coconut, not flaked and I didn't want to use purée. That won't be an issue, will it? Has anyone used dessicated coconut before in a brew?

I'll lightly toast 80g and throw it in my 5L of wort for 2 days before bottling, as the recipe calls for. I'm assuming it'll make no difference, it's still coconut at the end of the day.

Cheers all!
 
Afternoon everyone!

I've got my first stout in primary and I'm due to add (my first ever adjunct) coconut on Friday, looking to bottle Sunday. Roughly following another recipe.

I could only get dessicated coconut, not flaked and I didn't want to use purée. That won't be an issue, will it? Has anyone used dessicated coconut before in a brew?

I'll lightly toast 80g and throw it in my 5L of wort for 2 days before bottling, as the recipe calls for. I'm assuming it'll make no difference, it's still coconut at the end of the day.

Cheers all!
Give it a light toasting to enhance the flavour but would leave it for 5 to 7 days and don't worry if you get a light oily tracing on the top of your wort as oil is naturally present.
 
What would you suggest to avoid losing the head?
In my experience, anything that puts an "oil slick" on the top of the beer destroys the surface tension of the liquid and any head quickly subsides. I've got an oatmeal stout at the moment that came straight out of the Durden Park recipe book- so it was a commercial beer- and the head drops in very quickly due to the oil in the oats. I'm not sure if coconut is naturally oily or whether they mix oil with the desiccated stuff for whatever reason. Have a look at the ingredients list.
 
In my experience, anything that puts an "oil slick" on the top of the beer destroys the surface tension of the liquid and any head quickly subsides. I've got an oatmeal stout at the moment that came straight out of the Durden Park recipe book- so it was a commercial beer- and the head drops in very quickly due to the oil in the oats. I'm not sure if coconut is naturally oily or whether they mix oil with the desiccated stuff for whatever reason. Have a look at the ingredients list.

This is the packet...can't see oil so I'll just crack on? 😂

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In my experience, anything that puts an "oil slick" on the top of the beer destroys the surface tension of the liquid and any head quickly subsides. I've got an oatmeal stout at the moment that came straight out of the Durden Park recipe book- so it was a commercial beer- and the head drops in very quickly due to the oil in the oats. I'm not sure if coconut is naturally oily or whether they mix oil with the desiccated stuff for whatever reason. Have a look at the ingredients list.
I had that issue with my first coconut porter. The oil killed the head. I have another fermenting at the min. I used fresh coconut grated and roasted. I will leave it in for 3 weeks before bottling
 
Unfortunately that's coconut for you.. Though I did have head om my coconut Stout and I left the coconut in for three weeks but did have about 600g of carapils added to the mash.
Ah okay. My grain bill has chocolate malt, best pale malt, carafa special malt and medium crystal malt
 
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